Mobile explosives detonator
OwnerHoward G. Buffett, Robert Blackwellinventors
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Abstract
An explosives detonator is configured to be moved across land by a vehicle platform to detonate explosives positioned on or in the land. The explosives detonator includes a frame and a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame. The plurality of rollers are configured to engage and roll along the land relative to the frame about respective roller axes as the vehicle travels along the land. The rollers are weighted to exert pressure on the land and activate any pressure-sensitive explosives, such as mines.
Claims20
An explosives detonator configured to be moved across land by a vehicle platform to detonate explosives positioned on or in the land, the explosives detonator comprising:
- a frame,
- a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame and configured to engage and roll along the land relative to the frame about respective roller axes as the vehicle travels along the land, and
- a roller mount system configured to mount each of the rollers to the frame for movement relative to the frame between a use configuration, in which each of the roller axes extend perpendicularly to a front-to-back centerline of the frame, and a transportation configuration, in which each of the roller axes extend parallel to the front-to-back centerline of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.